Blog schmog

It's been a rough year in the blogging world. It seems like everyone who used to blog now prefers facebook. I find myself slowly falling into the trap. I have blogged a whoppin 5 times this year. I realize it's only March, but in 2008, I blogged 93 times!!!! For obvious reasons--I have a 9 month old, a third grader who has a MAJOR project everytime I turn around, a very busy husband, a bigger house than I've ever had thus leading to more cleaning, a 4 year old who wants me to play Super Mario Brothers with him all the time. (i don't mind, I actually love the game + he thinks I'm the coolest because I can clear all the boards.), Living in Vegas--the weather has been fabulous for months now, 3 ward callings and to top it off, I lost my camera. But...I am going to try and redeem myself--got a new camera yesterday, and will try to post more. But..it will probably only be for myself, as I think noone reads my blog anymore anyways. So...to all my blogging friends out there--could you please get back on the blogging train? I love to snoop in your lives, and plus I need someone to appreciate mine! Ha!

Miles --9 Months

My little Miles is 9 months old today. That is a whole pregnancy! Man how the time flies! Yesterday he crawled up 20 stairs all by himself. He is a very determined little boy and is always crawling over everything to get what he wants. He has 2 little teeth on the bottom and is ALWAYS smiling. He gets so many compliments wherever we go on how cute he is. We call this his frog picture. What baby smiles with their mouth closed? This was atually a one time occasion, but I thought it was cute. Most of the time it's all gums! oh, and he loves to blow raspberries. Last night after giving him a spoonful of sweet potatoes, he decided to blow one on me and all over my white sweatshirt. Oh, how i love this kid!

My new wheels-wahoo!!!

Ode to my black Mazda
You have cost me so much money
Why did you have to be a lemon?
Oh, how I loathe you Auto Strada!!!
Parts here, parts there
adding to but a small kings ransom.
5 years has passed
Time to move on to bigger and better
We love you our new 2008 Sienna that seats 8 with auto doors and DVD!

Martin Luther I mean Michael Jackson tribute

Ok, this school my kids go to is a little strange. I haven't been excited about the activities that they've put on, --at least the academics have been good, but they extra cirricular has been weak. So, Maggie was so excited for her Martin Luther King Jr. tribute program. She even was chosen to be one of the dancers and even had a special Michael Jackson glove. Why Michael jackson? Well, the program started out all about Martin Luther King Jr., but that only lasted minutes. Most of the program was a dedication to Michael Jackson. The kids danced to "Smooth Criminal," --appropriate, I know. ANd then they had this huge power point on Michael with all his music. I left thinking was that a tribute to Michael Jackson we just saw? It really was strange. Here is a photo of her so proud though!

Here she is in all her glory!

A visit from friends

Audrey, Emily, Maggie, Andrew and Drew at Old Nevada
Too much excitement on the train at Old Nevada
Emily and Audrey are the best of friends. They even look alike--why do you have to live so far away?

glow in the dark minature golfing
My good friend Cari and her 2 kids came for a visit from NC. Andrew and Emily are the same age as Maggie and Audrey and they are good friends even though we live miles apart. We always try to plan a trip to see each other often. Here are a few pics of some of the activities that we did. Unfortunately, Andrew got the pukes, so we weren't able to go out on the town, but we still had a wonderful time and hope to see each other soon!

we had the nasty at our house!

So, this is a late post, but I was reminiscing about my New Years weekend tonight as my good friends were here visiting from NC. We had a babysitter all lined up so the adults could go partay on the strip. But...1/2 hour before we were supposed to leave, my friends son got the pukes in the Costco parking lot, then in our driveway, then upstairs in Drew's room, and then it was all downhill from there.
So it reminded me of my New Years weekend in Long Beach with Owen's family. We went to Seal Beach to eat at Ruby's diner at the end of the pier. First it was Drew puking all over the pier. Then again in the restaurant, then again, and then again. Then I took him out. 5 minutes later, here comes Audrey puking in front of the Cash register, then outside the restaurant, and then again. $30 tip later, (that was a lot of goods they had to clean up.) we leave. go home, then ME! Don't you just love throwing up? Oh, the pain! The next day, my brother in law and then my niece. Yep, 5 vomiting souls in 1 house at 1 time--unforgettable! Oh, did I mention the diarrhea that came along with it? Good times!

Piece of CRAAAAAAAAP!

Many of you know that I loathe my Mazda MPV mini van. Hated it 1 month after we brought it home and had to put 1000 big ones into it. ANd since then, thousands of dollars more, 2 hit and runs and 1 accident in ALlentown where the guy hit me, and when the cops showed up, they arrested him for armed robbery that he did the night before. Needless to say, I didn't get any insurance money for that one, and so my bumber has been tweeked since. So...when we drove to Utah for Christmas it was not a comfortable ride. We have really outgrown this car, but i was trying to make it last until next year when Owen graduates and I can get my Land Cruiser. (payback for all the school he's put me through.) So, we are now in Long Beach for the New year, and right as we were about to leave, the transmission went out and it would cost 2300 bones to fix it. The car isn't even worth that! So, we rented a car, and now we have to figure out what to do car wise for me. I don't think I'm getting my Land Cruiser.